When Angelo's family arrived in Uganda, they were given a small plot of land from which to begin their new and uncertain lives in a new country. Theirs was one of the first refugee families to live in what is now one of the largest refugee settlements in the world—Bidibidi.
Angelo attributes the relative calm and happiness in his household to two things: God and food. Although almost a quarter of a million people receive food from World Vision and the World Food Programme in this settlement, Angelo’s perspective of food is different from others'. To him, food is much more than just a meal.
Print-rich classrooms use locally available materials like banana fibers, polythene bags, plastic bottles, bottle tops, wood, boxes, paper, and glue to enhance children's learning. The materials are covered with polythene paper so that they are protected from dust and have a longer shelf life.
Even if the teacher is not in class, learning is continuous with these charts displayed. Everywhere you look, you can read, learn, or remind yourself of something. So when teachers come, we share what we learnt in their absence. Learning is more fun, and my performance has improved compared to the past years. I can now spell words using sounds.
We believe every child matters. Our goal is to ensure all children live life in all its fullness. To achieve this, we work in remote and hard-to-reach areas to find solutions to health and nutrition, education, child protection, resilience and livelihood, water, and sanitation challenges.
World Vision has been operating in Uganda since 1986, responding to internal humanitarian crises of the 1982-1986 War, the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) insurgency in Northern Uganda, the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the Refugee Response.
World Vision is addressing the root cause of poverty in Uganda through advocacy, development, and relief. Over 3.6 million children have been impacted by the World Vision’s work in Uganda.
As of September 2023, we are operating in over 50 districts in Uganda, with 52 Area Programmes (APs).
5.2 Million
3.5+ Million
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To contribute to increased number of children who have positive and peaceful relationships in their families and communities
We focused on the most vulnerable children and their families enabling them gain sufficient, sustainable incomes, sufficient nutritious foods and build their resilience to shock and stress
The education programme continued to increase the number of children who can read and comprehend.
This was done through;
1. Effective, inclusive teaching and learning processes.
2. Increasing full child participation in school and community literacy centres. 3. Improving access to safe, conducive and inclusive learning environments.
To increase access to sustainable and clean water supply, improved sanitation and adoption of appropriate hygiene behaviour change practices among children and their communities
The program continued its efforts to improve the overall well-being of children aged 0-5 years by focusing on their nutrition and protection from infections and diseases.
The technical program was delivered through the following outputs to achieve the 2 child well-being outcomes:
(1) Households and communities are supported to adopt appropriate reproductive health and nutrition practices,
(2) Health systems, coordination and social accountability structures are strengthened to enable the delivery of quality (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health) RMNCAH and nutrition services at the community, district and national levels.
